Into Maine!

8/11 – We finished the day about 5 miles out of Maine. We have a climb tomorrow of Mt. Success. Then Maine.
Today we had some beautiful views. We also got to enjoy a lot of blueberries and raspberries! Nom!
Tomorrow we have the hardest mile of the trail, Mahoosuc Notch. I’m so stoked for this and hopefully will have lots of pictures. There are spots in the notch where there will be ice due to the sun never touching those spots! I am so excited to feel the differences in temperatures! I’m also excited for the strain and difficulty!
8/12 – We climbed Mount Success starting the day. It was a tough climb but we had such a good time getting to the top of success. Our next stop, Maine.
And we made it to Maine. About…. Half a mile in I was climbing down a ledge when I started sliding. Fell forward. Jaw right into a rock.
Busted open jaw. Throat feels like it was punched and is sore. I think I hyper extended my chest. It was rough but nothing I can do but keep moving. Took the remainder of the day extremely slow.
In one of the alpine bogs, I was walking around a big mud pit. I got to a rock, put my right foot up on it and my left onto the mud thinking it was fine.
Nope. My whole leg went into the mud! All I could do was laugh. Just a mess of a day.
I got to the shelter right before Mahoosuc notch and everyone else was chilling. It was getting late and we decided to stop and chill. Tomorrow we’ll tackle the notch. Apparently that single mile will take at least 90 minutes but it’s taken most two hours!
I’m still excited but now a bit nervous for my chest. We’ll see how it goes!
8/13 – Mahoosuc Notch was. Amazing. An hour and 26 minutes for the mile. It was like a jungle gym for adults! Then we climbed Mahoosuc Arm. It was basically straight up.
8/14 – We had a short 8 mile day. We are officially out of the AMC grounds. The AMC sucks worse than the government. I never thought I’d say that about any private entity. But. Got. Dang. They. Suck.
We went to human nature hostel and had an amazing sunset!
Only 250ish miles left. I. Am. So. Excited!

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